Lead aprons that are lead-shielding products are generally used for personal protection of physicians and patients from
X-ray (gamma) radiation during medical operations; lead has environmental disadvantages, with high toxicity, though.
Therefore, the aim of this research was to produce an environmentally friendly and flexible textile-based radiation
shielding material. In this work, 2/2 twill, 3/1 twill, Herringbone, Whipcord, which are twill derivatives, Barathea and
Crêpe woven fabrics, which are sateen derivatives, woven with textured steel yarns, which have soft feeling and
flexibility, and gamma radiation shielding effectiveness of these fabrics were investigated and were not studied in the
references.
The effects of fabric structural characteristics such as weave, conductive weft yarn density, fabric thickness and porosity
on these properties were analysed graphically and statistically. It is observed that with the biggest thicknesses and
lowest porosities, Barathea and Crêpe woven fabrics performed better gamma radiation shielding performance than
other woven fabrics. The samples F1 and E1, woven with Barathea and Crêpe weave, have the highest gamma
radiation shielding effectiveness, thanks to the highest fabric thicknesses and lowest porosities. In addition, the
increases of textured steel yarn density improved the gamma radiation shielding effectiveness of woven fabrics.
The Dosimetric Parameters Investigation of the Pulsed X-ray and Gamma Radiation Sources